Back in June, Apple showcased a preview of what Lego kits could do in AR using iPhones and iPads and ARKit 2 on iOS 12. That app is here: called Lego Playgrounds, it’s an app designed to work with Lego sets and also add AR gameplay layered into the real world, like a real-life version …

In its continuing struggle to remain a viable business and stave off rivals, movie-subscription firm MoviePass has “experimented” with its pricing and plans so often that it’s confusing all of its customers. It looks like 2019 may offer more of the same, as the company greets the new year with two new plans that return some of the features and …

Pandora has decided its podcast recommendations are ready for prime time. The company behind the on-demand music app has been testing podcast recommendations in beta over the past few weeks. On Thursday, it officially launched the feature as part of Podcasts on Pandora. The company also added 60 percent more podcast episodes and made it easier to find them. Pandora …

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Google will “soon” pull the plug on its Allo messaging app, says a Wednesday report by 9to5 Google. The tech giant didn’t respond to a request for comment. Google said in April that it would “pause investment” in Allo. The search giant decided to focus resources on Rich Communications Services, or RCS, instead. RCS is designed to bring enhanced features …

You may have never heard of the “Soap Opera Effect,” but if you buy the Blu-ray (4K or standard edition) for Mission: Impossible Fallout, you’ll be treated to an unusual plea before the movie begins: Tom Cruise, the movie’s star, and Christopher McQuarrie, the movie’s director, encourage you to turn off the motion smoothing feature in your TV’s settings. Often …

I’m putting in my contact lenses at our office lunch table, booting up a little clip-on belt pack, placing goggles delicately over my face, and turning on a wireless controller. It’s a lot of steps, but it’s because I have to water my virtual plant. It’s 5 p.m. and I almost forgot. Magic Leap’s first mixed-reality headset, the Magic Leap …

Get ready for lots of 5G phones in time for the holidays next year. The first devices for the fast, next-generation network will hit the market in early 2019. Samsung, for one, said it will have a phone for Verizon, AT&T and other networks in the first half of the year. By the holidays next year, every flagship handset — …

Facebook isn’t just a social network for posting vacation photos or cat videos. It’s a multibillion dollar ad business. On Wednesday, internal Facebook emails and documents released by UK lawmakers provided a rare glimpse into the methods the social network explored to make money from the user data it’s collected over the years from all of our activity on it. …